WIP - Work In Progress General

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pics arent the best and lighting isn't amazing, but I more so just want some feedback on the pose/conversion. the legs/torso and 1 arm is glued, the rest is blu tac'd. still need to do a bit more work on it, like buy some greenstuff, cast some more length of ammo feed, then prime, then glue it on to the model (fucken got too excited to get into the model)

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Tfw shit lighting

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>>54177593
Fuck me

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>>54175540

Last time I'll post this, pinky swear.

I'm making a Knight Atrapos possessed by a Herald of Tzeentch. I've got a pretty good idea of what I'm gonna do for him, just looking for some last minute suggestions:

-lots of skin over the metal parts, changing colors from pink to blue
-maybe several places where it looks like some skin is growing out of other skin (like the old Horrors where they were crawling out of each others' mouths)
-have a few Blue Horrors crawling around on the outside of the Knight
-have a few more Blue Horrors look like they're emerging from the knight's skin

Seems like it's missing something though. Obviously gonna do plenty of Tzeentchy stuff to it (sigils etc) but I feel like the idea is lacking something.

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>>54177672
TURKEY KNIGHT

>>54178044
How many dollars went into the bits for this conversion.

>>54177444
pose is pretty kickass. painting not shabby either!

>>54178087
are you the same person asking about converting a fucking atrapos? price is a concern?

>>54178087

Like 5

I had a Knight I never built, a Slaughterbrute kit from eons ago which is now a Giant Chaos Spawn and the single head from the LoC sold on ebay for like $5

Some people have backlogs, and this cleared two of the bigger kits I had from it

>>54178236

Atrapos guy here, and no that's not me.
And as much as my wallet hates me for saying this, no I'm not at all concerned about price.

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played the primaris a few times, didn't like them so i decided to turn them into primaris tacticals. here's the sergeant i did as a test.

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and i put chainswords on the others, cause that's my dudes thing.

>>54175540
hey just quick question, any tips for painting a beard of 3 days? asking for an IG veteran

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>>54178044
Love it.
I play nurgle, so you have to interpret this as "I LOVE IT FOR THE PLEASURE IT WILL GIVE ME TO ROLL INTO ITS DECAYING CORPSE"
>>54177444
not bad! nice trips
be careful on the blue paint that has made its way onto the gold parts. once you start shading/highlighting it will become a problem to clean it all.

Also, my wips.
I had no use for the primaris dark Imperium box so I'm fully converting the models to become a full Deatwatch Veterans squad, plus a Watchmaster(because primaris, and i also don't like the model).
Still heavy WIp, have to add a lot of Inquisition insgnias and greenstuff a lot of shit, including some gaps.
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>>54177415
>>54177444
I really like how yellow your gold is, best of the old and the new UM style IMO

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>>54178327

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>>54178376
2/3

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>>54178376
>>54178435
3/3

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>>54178460
>>54178435
>>54178376
aaand forgot the watchmaster.
Now the boring part starts.
Any tip doing small insignias with green stuff? im having some troubles.

>>54178236
No I was just curious because a lot of those bits are from big kits. I pull all of my conversion bits from my backlog so I didn't know if this was the case or if someone just hit up eBay a lot.

>>54178265
Neat. Answers my question.

>>54178418
thank you that's exactly what i am looking for.

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4 more semi done. Just need basing, weathering, touch ups etc.

Fatso in the prison jumpsuit is a zombicide figure.

>>54178767
The slimy exposed stomachs look great

>>54178767
The zombiecide guy fit in perfectly with the other, but I think you should put him on a GW base too.
Just cut off the one that's molded on right now and glue him onto a regular one. The base makes him stand out.

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i'm not even done with the base coat. fuck this huge thing. lava is looking better than this morning though

>>54178767
love em.
Made by using mostly washes?
>>54178863
Whats it?

>>54178897

the Throne of Everblight. from warmahordes

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couple things to do yet

>>54178897
Correct. Only 4 washes, flesh, green-brown, red, purple.

Watered down flesh wash over all skin. Then athonian earth shade on yellow boils and horns, then watered down purple wash on bruises and tentacles, then red and purple in stomachs.

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>>54178044
dumping some Nites

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>>54179034

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>>54179095

>>54178989
Still, the result is not messy at all. love hoe they came out.
>>54178920
Thanks! If the price is reasonable i might use it for Aos and shit. Like how does it looks.

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>>54179228

the throne retails for about 90 but i'm sure you can find it cheaper.

mine is heavily converted though. here's what it should look like

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Dont know why we got two WIP threads going on

Just finished this squad up, any pointers?
I'm trying my darndest to try and highlight the silver armor but I'm not having too much luck making it pop

>>54179608
What's going on with the left shoulderpads? They seem...messy. what's the insignia supposed to be?

The rest is all right, good basing. Have you tried GW's Stormcast silver to edge highlight the armor. Their new metals paints are all pretry fucking good imo.

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>>54179705
using runefang steel for the final highlights and I'm working on freehanding the chapter symbol which are just some mountains, here's a better picture of it on the landraider's forward side panel

>>54175540
How do you guys prefer your chaos chosen?
My regular marines are already pretty pimped out with icons and fleshstrips, so that's out of the question.

Alternative paint scheme? Using raptor bits? Using dark angel veterans?

>>54177672
Fire! Fire everywhere!
Birds!
Eyes!

>>54178324
Looks good.

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>>54175540
Planning to buy Dark Imperium next week, and I want the Death Guard to have the same rusted, pale blue-grey look as this tractor. Any suggestions on paint colours, technique, etc. for the base colours (not the rust, since there's a fuckload of tutorials online for that sort of thing)?

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hey fa/tg/uys, what do you think of my big mek?i know it needs a 40mm base but i currently dont have one at hand, im starting a new ork army and i currently have 10 boys, this mek, one trukk that i made and its on the mail the ork starter pack, any suggestions for a new ork player? also let me post pics of the trukk i modded (sorry for my english, its not my first lenguague)

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this one has the mek but in an earlyer stage, and i have to work on the rims of the trukk

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>>54180760
That "blue grey" look comes from the lighting aiming behind the thing and casting a shadow over the front. Most likely the tractor itself was painted in a slightly muted white/ very light grey paint.

However if you do want a blue-grey, you can follow the steps at the top of [pic related] and add rust, grime and weathering effects after you're done. The warmer browns should contrast nicely with the cooler and muted grey armour in the end.

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First time kit bashing what do you guys think? Going for a basic iron priest and a apothicary for my space wolf armies.

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Reposting from 40k general.

Hey guys. Im new to this whole 40k thing and Ive decided to start playing the Imperial Guard. Can I use whatever colour scheme I want or will some autismos start schreeching at me? Also do I have to keep their gear uniform or can I build them to look like a bunch of space pirates?

>>54182513
No one cares as long as the model isn't a orc choppa boy and you say it's a guard with lasguns. Go crazy but make it easy to track gear and you'll be fine.

>>54182536
Oh cool. Well that wont be a problem since I intend to build humans only army.

>>54177415
That's some tournament-winning piece there. Amazing.

>>54178044
That looks very interesting, I hope to see it finished!

>>54178300
Very precise and effective. Super neat, I like it.

>>54178767
Looking very good. Also I love these Nurgle faces, they're making me *almost* considering to buy Dark Imperium.

>>54183043
>Oh cool. Well that wont be a problem since I intend to build humans only army
you the fuck better do! or else the inquisition is going to exterminate the fuck out of you!

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Getting more color on some terrain.

>>54182513
You can follow the standard colours, like Cadian if you want it easy
But really, a large part of 40k is the 'your dudes' thing, if you want to do a certain colour scheme that's fine
At the worst people will scream at your colour scheme if it reall fuck ugly, but other than that, do what you want
It's always nice to see people coming up with their own colour schemes

>>54182315
Space Wolves don't have Apothecaries friendo

>>54182315
Standing on step-stools to not look like a manlet next to the Chadmarines?

>>54181064
>>54181121
looks nice

why were everyone's old minis all based in that same shitty green color?

>>54184741
Ah, goblin green bases, those were the days.

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Look how happy he is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHy9Fq2HME

>>54185304
That creepy laugh though.

>>54184897
>goblin green bases
but why though

>>54185304
surprised the bobbies didnt kick down the door and arrest them when that banger went off

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It's done, lads! It's finally done!

Now to mess it up with an awful paintjob that won't do it justice.

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>>54188616
>>54188640

>>54188616
>>54188640
>>54188667
What about all the spots where the armor is meant to go onto the sides of the chimera bits? Lookin mighty plain by comparison.

>>54188791
I thought that, but I'm not sure if I'll make it too busy. I was thinking of just rusting it over and slapping some dirt on it.

>>54184741
Back in my day we had terrain mats made of green felt, and we modeled the bases as such, and we appreciated it

>>54179078
This is almost as stupid as the company that made it. Polish trash needs to die

>>54185304

Based Dunc

>>54188823
I think it looks great and once it's painted it'll likely be fine, but a bit or two couldn't hurt - though I know the feeling of being done with a project is hard to go back on

>>54177444
Nice paintjob, but the plates of armour under the kneepads need some serious cleaning up.

>>54189000
I'm gonna move on and repair and fix/clean/repaint all of my projects that got damaged/forgot about in the move, while I'm inspired enough to do it.

Maybe when I come back to paint the Battlewagon I'll have a fresh perspective as to what I want to do with the side of the tracks.

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>>54189612
(pic of some of the broken shit)

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A captain for 5th coy, IF.

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>>54190724
Took a couple of days for painting.

>>54189612
>gonna move on and repair and fix/clean/repaint all of my projects that got damaged/forgot about in the move
Tell me about it.
I moved internationally last month and sent a whole lot of stuff ahead of me.
I need to repair a lot of paint jobs and put plenty of models back together.
At least it gives me a reason to redo and inprove the work I had done.

>>54185304
Seeing Duncan that happy makes me happy.

>>54184741
>>54185472
It was the custom at the time.

>>54190724
>>54190757

Fantastic yellow, are you the guy who posted that dread a couple threads back? If so keep up the good work.

>>54182513
Just don't do them like Nazis

>>54182513
do them like nazis

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Question /wip/

I play Blood Angels and have held off from painting my Primaries Marines cause I wanted to green stuff onto them blood gems and wing decorations so see on the normal tactical squads.

But then I remembered Gulliman also made these marines to restore dead chapters. Which gave me the idea to paint these guys as Lamenters. However would it make sense (or be cool to see) Lamenter Primaries Marines fighting alongside Blood Angels?

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>tfw sanding finecast

Im having some serious fucking hobby anxiety. Do i go with hive fleet leviathan or behemoth? the indecision is killing me. help me anon

>>54191714
Yes, that was mine too.

I'm working for a 1,500 points worth list, including a captain, lysander, 20 tacs, 5 dev, a dread, 2 razorbacks and a whirlwind.
Lots of work left, still.

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>>54191870

delet this racist commint

>>54191870
Enjoy your mesothelioma. :(

Put primer on a model today. Bad weather, lots of humidity. Wasn't careful, now it's all flakey/powdery. My fault. Never had this before, won't let it happen again.

Since I want to finish this thing by Sunday, how do I get this off best?

My idea was to let it sit in water with dish detergent over night and gently scrub the rest off tomorrow with an old toothbrush.

>>54191789
yes
also, shoulders and heads are compatible with primaris, so just get a blood angels upgrade sprue

does super glue not work on resin?

>>54192147
Primer tends to be pretty stuck after a while, but I guess this is new. If the detergent wash doesn't get it I've managed to strip it off with an overnight dip in Super Clean and a stiff toothbrush the next day. Wear non-latex gloves. Super Clean will eat through latex and also your skin.

>>54192230
It does, but you can still snap it off later. Make sure you let it set. You might want to consider something strong like two-part epoxy, lock-tite, or pinning if you really need to lock shit down.

>>54192230
Super glue works.
But depending on the resin, plastic glue probably won't.

>>54190757
Paint is a little thick around the feet area and backpack "fins" but other than that it looks awesome so far.

Bought the Dark Imperium set with the intention of doing a Primaris Ultramarines force, but find painting marines tedious (edge highlighting sucks) and ended up starting the poxwalkers. Painting gnarly, gory models is so much fun, I can just slap on washes and effects and run with it.

tfw i painted a tech priest for like 6 hours and now i cant be inspired to finish painting my primaris inceptors i just want to paint more ad mech

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Sorry for how blurry it is.

Trying to make my Sanguinary Ancient with the Nid invasion of Baal theme. Friend gave me some nid heads and just made one of them into a headdress. Thoughts? Still trying to fix up the greenstuff.

>>54192288
>>54192281
I must be doing something wrong then. I just got some 3rd party resin parts, and on top of being super brittle and breaking off a point nearly every time I remove a piece from the sprue, it simply will not stick together. No matter how much superglue I use, it doesn't stick, and no matter how long it doesn't set. Now my parts look like shit because of glue crust.

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how is this for coming out of the ground? i'm going for a still action shot

>>54194546

ignore the shit paint job for now

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>>54193419
Needs more tyranid pelts, could use boneswords.

>>54181121
nice i likey <3

>>54194698
I am going to be adding Tyranid heads to his banner. Kinda let down that I didn't hear/think off a bone sword sooner.

>>54181064
Find a space marine player to split battle for vedros with. Or juist keep or sell the SM minis.

>>54194698
Looking at this again it does kinda want to make me push my guy further. Question is should I try to make a bonesword/axe and how? Also how far should I go? Should I give him a talon necklace, a skull crest plate over his shoulder pad?

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Easy rank and file WIP for poxwalkers. Plan on making a ton of them so an easy eyecatching scheme was needed.

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>>54196106
Cut blade and glue to powersword hilt, probably strengthen with paperclip. Carapace pieces will work too.

>>54196278
Would need to get the blade off a friend, all I have now are genestealer heads and was given some of their skulls as well. I'm wondering if I should just add them to the base or decorate it to the banner. I am making some talons right now to make into a necklace

Oh god, I've been painting where I sleep for a year now and one time I shut the door and had poor ventilation when I brought some minis in from priming, how fucked am I?

Any good ways of painting space marines without line highlighting? Aiming for a grittier, more realistic look rather than the clean heavy metal style.

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Any thoughts on what I could add to the rune priest and iron priest helmets to make them stand out more? Also, I want them to be imitate Odin with a missing eye, should I leave one lense black, slash each helmet over the eye, or just use space marine heads with a augmented eye. Lore wise for the chapter is that they have to carve out there eye to put in a augment in order to read the chapters holy runes that are unique to them.

Also a new name idea wouldn't be bad either. All around I just need help.

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Posted in the /40k/ thread to no interest, so here goes:

Alright, so i've got two of the Intercessor squads and two of the Hellblaster squads arriving tomorrow in the mail. Later on next week there will be a Primaris Librarian arriving, too.

My plan is convert them slightly and have them as two counts-as Deathwatch Kill Teams with the Libby as leader. 10 Veterans each, 5 with Stalker Bolters and 5 with Plasma Guns.

The question I have is this: How the hell do I go about converting them? The shoulderpads are all part of the model (except for the Primaris Librarian, which is basically just like the older kits as far as I can tell), and there's hardly any room for swapping of heads etc as far as I can see. I haven't actually had a look at the sprue yet, so can't verify any of this though. Does anyone have any ideas, or experience converting Primaris thus far? If so, share your stories or advice!

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>>54197562
Yellow eyes would pop a lot more than blue.

As for the name, I propose Vallarjars.

>>54197637
>>54178324
>>54178376
>>54178435
>>54178460

Nevermind! How did I miss this!

How did you go about fitting the shoulderpads onto the marines? Using the Kill Team arms?

>>54197670
pauldrons have the same size as the "old" marines, dingus

Anyone have the golden d6 issue 6 iron warriors tutorial they can share?

>>54197980

Yes, but on the new ones aren't the Pauldrons part of the model when casted? Ie, already on?

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My current WIP.

Removing mold lines from 30 Eldar Guardians piece by piece.

Building a new army is rather arduous.

>>54198184
It's far less draining if you break it down in smaller chunks.
Doing ten at once is plenty enough.

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Got a three-day weekend and the carpenter's digging up my kitchen, so I had some time on my hands. I figured my bad dudes needed some more Tzeentchian cultists, so here we go.

>>54198078
nah

about to paint a salamanders chapter banner, no idea of what I should do, help needed

>>54182513
It's 40k, and it's /tg/. You're gonna have autismos screeching at you no matter what you do or like, so don't worry about it and just go for what makes you happy.

>>54178502
Nice conversion, but dear lord, please remove those horrid moldlines before painting.

>>54199156
How's your freehand?

Because flames and scales would be cool.

Guys im getting to painting my primaris - I cant decide on the chapter tho - I dont want to wait for all codexes to pick what is best so I have a question - how acceptable is to use one chapter to play as different one ?

If I paint them all black can i say that they are dark angels and use DA codex and next time say they are BA and use different codex ?

>>54199339
I won't do scales, can't criticize the space wolf for their pelts everywhere while doing the same
freehand isn't bad, not really top notch, but with enough time and patience I can make it work

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>>54199156
not sure which book this is from, but I'm pretty sure this is the official 2nd company standard.

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>>54199416
stuff I did with my knight, the wings aren't shaped correctly, up close I think it looks like utter shit, though I didn't spend much time on it

>>54199465
also sorry for the shitty phone pic

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Are Vallejo's extra opaque colours good? Will they give me a better chance of painting a decent yellow? I'm mostly using Citadel paints from the 90s, plus a few new ones.

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>>54199371

why not make your own ultima founding chapter?

>>54199494
All you need for a decent yellow are thinned paints and the patience to apply four coats.

>>54199494
the heavy goldbrown works fine as a base for yellow, about the same as averland. The consistency is really about the same as the model color range.

>>54191740
>>54191774
made me smile

>>54198184
You know the arms come in labelled pairs right? And they won't fit to the torsos well when they are paired up wrong?

What exactly is Vallejo Flow Improver? Liquid acrylic medium?

>>54199562
What is dry fitting?

>>54199523
4 coats later and my yellows are both patchy and thick. I have very little idea what I'm doing.

>>54199533
Not much difference then? Okay, didn't really expect magic.

>>54199516
because i want to use transfers and i cannot freehand at all

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Does anyone know what bits they used for the blood Ravens scouts in this picture?
It's from the shadow war armageddon rulebook. Page 85.

>>54199639

I'm talking about the heads.

>>54198551
>Zyklon Ben and the Moonman going to town

>>54199613
Time you could have saved.

The
>ripped cork board sheet on bases
meme has got to stop. It just looks like cork. The only thing it's halfway decent for is cracked asphalt roads.

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>>54199649

>>54199797
"this meme has got to stop" is actually a meme that has got to stop

>>54199797
yes but when it's done right, it looks great. see 1k sons guy

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>>54191789
Sorry I'm late to respond to this, but the Lamenters are implied to be dead. At the very least, they're MIA, and you can't reinforce someone you can't find, and I don't think they're going to use the Primaris to revive dead chapters. Reinforcing existing ones, or making new ones. But not trying to revive dead ones.

I'm so sorry.

>>54199797
>half-assedly copying shit that someone pulled off well looks bad
Well i never would've guessed

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I done fucked up, guys. I usually work with seraphim sepi for shading my custodes, but I accidentally grabbed agrax earthsade for the vexila bearer. Now he's way darker than the other custards.
Is there a way to fix this without stripping the entire guy or should I just suck it up?

>>54199938
banner bearer looks better, now do the anner itself

>>54199938
The banner bearer looks better. He actually has shading.

>>54199639
>>54199643
The models were featured in WD when the plastics came out.
You know one of those showcase articles where they do a few conversions and stuff to show off what you can do with the kit.
Those are sculpted with green stuff.

Strictly speaking it doesn't really make sense for scouts to have these kind of rebreathers anyway since the little grill thing with the tubes on their chest is an rebreather. The old metal shotgun scouts had one variant where the guy is wearing one.
If you pay attention you'll also notice the same apparatus on Azrael, a SM Chapter Master who doesn't wear his helmet, but has it carried around by a watcher.

Anyway, if you want to be 100% hardcore about it you should try to replicate the look of the scouts wearing their own rebreathers, imo.

If not the IG command squad has separate rebreather bits, as does victoria miniatures. You could also just get a headswap, there is no shortage of 3rd party head bits with gasmasks.

>>54199562
yeah. I've already taken pictures of them on the sprue, so I know which style of arms will fit which style of hand.

I'll go ahead and separate them all out later.

Just getting into 40k and painting figs.

When I thin down GW base and layer paints, do I use water, or should I get some sort of medium to use?

Also what should my ratio generally be?

>>54191789
>>54199890
Like any of that even matters anymore.
The Primaris guys are getting a hover tank. A fucking hover tank.
For about 20 years it has been a set in stone rule that the only anti-grav vehicle the Imperium has is the Landspeeder and a single jetbike in the possession of the Dark Angels' Ravenwing Master.

GW is even retconning the shit out of their own universe to introduce Primaris.
At this point it doesn't even matter anymore. I don't think even GW cares anymore.

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Upcoming black chads.

>>54200340
water works fine.
Ratio is usually said to be about the consistency of milk. Some people seem to have an issue processing that.
So the best answer you'll get unless you have someone sitting next to you is gonna be 'until it feels right'.
If it's too thick you'll now. If it's too think you'll definitely know.

>>54200381
Thanks, a follow up question. I would assume it's better to be to thin than to thick, if I am unsure?

reposting
I have a basisilk and I want to add metal crewman to the loading platform, but I have a problem.
I don't know if I should remove the tab and glue/pin the models to the basisilk platform, or just place them on the vehicle with its base.
the guys are old metal cadians sculpts if it means anything for desicrating the tabs.

>>54200404
Depends on what you are doing.
As a rule of thumb thin paint is good if you want to glaze and feather or something like that. I.e. gradually build up a smooth transition.

It's gonna be hard to get an opaque layer of white over black that way for example. But you'll find that out yourself when painting. If you've gotten to know your paints a bit and are more comfortable with painting in general it's just gonna click and you'll know what to do.

That said, you can always add more paint or water to the mix on your pallette.

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hello /wip/, im trying to identify the earpiece or the head in this picture. Can you guy help me out?

>>54200434
Using the bases is not a problem. The plastform is big enough for it.
The rules don't really do something like casualty removal for crewmates currently, so you could just as well put them on there permanently, if you prefer the look.

As for desecrating something... they're your miniatures. Do with them what you like.
The only reason to keep them intact in that way is if you are worried about resale value imo. If you decide to put them on a base later on again you can still pin them to the base. So for gaming purposes it doesn't matter all that much.

>>54200505
if you google for
Ordo Malleus - Storm Trooper Warden Rence Thenes
Not even the guy who made it seems to know what is since it was apparently gifted.
That said I doubt it's a stock head since it's an Inq28 model and I think based on one of the FW renegade bodies.
You should be able to do something similar easily yourself if you take a bit of putty, put a ball on the side of the head, flatten it and then use the end of a closed ballpen, tubing or something else with the right diameter as stamp.

>>54200505
leman russ command?

>>54196127
Shade and dry brush that texture paint on the base, it looks fucking awful like this.

Model is nice, though. Are you going to paint the nails through his horn or do you say they're bone growths and have done?

>>54200505
>>54200597
Guard player here. I dunno what that is but I know what it's not. That ain't from a Guard sprue.

>>54198184
It takes me forever to remove mould lines. Is the Citadel mould lines remover tool worth buying?

>>54200647
Can do the same work with an exacto knife.

It doesn't really make it easier, anon. Mould lines are mould lines. Just be patient.

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WIP platoon command squad of my Warzone Imperials to Imperial Guard conversion.
I'm not sure what color to paint the platoon banner. My first thought is navy blue with dull gold trim, but I just don't know. Any suggestions?

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>>54175540
Inquisitor in Terminator armor. Made him a Psyker with a Force Axe. Not sure what else to add or what colors to paint him.

>>54200824
Is your Inquisitor also an Ogryn? He's gonna look out of place in any retinue by being so damn swole, and thats not just Heroic scale levels of difference.

>>54200877
He's 4'6" and sits inside the chest.

>>54200904
Admittedly thats hilarious, but unless you have your entire squad of minions being big dudes, he'll look way out of place, let alone if he's fielded alongside marines or custodes.

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Stop using citadel paint.

>>54188918
>This is almost as stupid as the company that made it. Polish trash needs to die

You do realize that pic was a joke, right? They didn't actually glue the knight onto it.

btw what's wrong with AR?

>>54200824
>>54200988
But to answer your question, black with gold trim and icy blue bits is what my Malleus dude is, and he looks ballin'. Maybe chop and change a few bits-maybe the whole arms with tartaros arms, and im not keen on the loincloth-to make him less 'stormcast with headswap and bits' and more something unique-er.

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>>54201037
not him, but just like den of imagination, its just overpriced overdone airbrushing 99.9% of the time. In this pic they literally just slapped on red airbrush on the pilot and some cyan for lines.

>>54201079
you are complaining about something that you don't even have to care about.
It's not like commission painters are necessary to participate in the hobby, nor is he the only guy offering the service.

I don't get why you would get so upset about it.

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I think this guy is pretty much done. I went with an anon's suggestion to redo the gun color so I went with a rusty one.

>>54201030
Shut up, Christian, I'll use what I want. There's really no reason paying more for anything that isn't 'Ardcoat or Blood for the Blood God.

>>54201118
but im not? someone asked and I answered, im not upset about it at all.

>>54200688
Yes, an xacto knife it's what I usually use, but I wondered if the round shape would make it any easier or faster. I feel like I am spending too much time to get the work done.

>>54191740
Why not? Not that anon, but I was planning on having Grey and Black Cadians with an Iron Cross on their shoulder. Is this a bad idea?

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>>54201166
>Yes, an xacto knife it's what I usually use, but I wondered if the round shape would make it any easier or faster. I feel like I am spending too much time to get the work done.

It's probably not going to help you work faster. The primary advantages of the CItadel Mould Line Remover are safety (it's thicker than an X-acto blade, and is not sharp) and its ability to work well on metal models as well as plastic. The unusual shape does help get into some weird places that might be tough with an X-acto as well, but those will be the exception rather than the rule.

>>54201166
No, you don't need to. It's basically half a scam, and half for parents who don't want their kids to cut themselves.

>>54199465
Are you planning on cleaning up the edges? Emblem is pretty nice, but the yellow (gold?) overlapping is killing it a bit.

>>54199985
>>54200065
Okay, different question, then. Can I use agrax earthshade straight on those models already shaded with seraphim sepia or do I need to dilute it to avoid making a mess?

>>54201225
Johnny pls go

>>54201236
I sure will

Does GW sell a grey spray primer?

>>54200308

Ok thx for the help.

>>54199639

scout sniper goggles + scout biker head.

Although I believe the lower part pf this particular example was actually sculpted.

Anyone have experience with the army painted Tones?


My LGS doesn't have vallejo washes and I don't want to buy the hueg GW pots


specifically I'll need a black wash and maybe red

>>54200688
>>54201225
>>54201226
Thank you, anons. I think I'll stick with my xacto then.

>>54200308
>>54201426
why would they bother painstakingly re-creating the grills and cables using sculpting when you could just take a razor saw to the goggle heads and the scout biker heads and then stick the halves together?

>>54201505
sculpting is way easier if you can sculpt.
Anyway I think the bikers came out a bit later.

>>54199639
I think it's from the scout biker box

>>54201242
test it out. id imagine that it wouldnt be much of an issue

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First miniature I painted. Any comments/criticisms would be appreciated.

>>54201521
???? scout bikes and sniper scouts are like 10+ years old - SW:A came out this year. again, why would they bother? cutting a bit in half takes about two minutes, and there is no way sculpting that well is quicker or easier to accomplish, even with the right tools

>>54201557
Your paints, thin them.
The mold lines, remove them.
The awkwardly unpainted sections near the left hand and left foot, paint them (or just be lazy and use a wash).
Your picture, crop it.

>>54201577
I said it in my original post, these models were first featured in WD. 10 years ago.
GW just dug the pics of models up because they look nice and put them into the SWA book.
Since it came out people ask about the damn masks every second thread.

I think the models came out late 2005 maybe, but I'm not sure. If you feel inclined you can just look for the WD that accompanied the release.

Sculpting a mask like that also just takes about two minutes if you know what you are doing and doesn't mean any collateral damage to other bits you have.

>>54201557

Thin your paints. You missed a few spots. Use a wash and your mini will look so much more detailed.

>>54179078
exquisite

>>54201487
their washes are pretty good. Not massively different from citadel.

>>54199890
>>54200358
"In conjunction with the Ultima Founding, there are now going to be entirely new chapters composed just of Primaris Marines as well, with some taking over the fortress-monasteries of extinct chapters."

Well that's a bummer. This is starting to flare up my autism and am now on the fence if I am going to paint them to be Lamenters.

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What kind of airbrush does Johnny use?

>>54179078
Jesus, that's 300 USD not counting paints and base.

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My first try at miniature building and painting, still need to do the sword and the gun on my aspiring champion and the belt and some details on the cultist, how did I do?

>>54202004
Crikey mate, toss another shrimp on the barbie!

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>>54201487
Their washes are brilliant. I use Dark Tone and Strong Tone instead of GW delvan mud and black wash(name change?).

>>54201364
Yess, Army Painter does as well.

>>54202004
What can I do to prevent my photos from flipping?
I still have a pic of my other marines but I am not sure if I should post it with all the flipping.
>>54202023
Sorry, what?

>>54201487
Army painter tones are good, dropper bottles are superior and a bit more wash for your money as well. Buy em.

>>54202004
G'day mate, ya cunt.

>>54202092
>Sorry, what?
picture is upside down, hence the Australian impressions.

>>54201487
Literally identical to gw's stuff.

APs paints are meh, their metallics are shit, but their washes are arguably the best of any company.

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>>54201836
Grorious Nippon chrome, folded 1000x

>>54201638
Missed that. Apologies!

>>54202092
You turning your phone sideways? Turn it sideways the other way

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>>54199639
>>54200308
>>54201505
>>54201521
>>54201577
>>54201638
word straight from the horse's mouth
https://twitter.com/DarrenLatham/status/848582834176569344
Here's also the original appearance in WD.
The regular scouts came out december 2005, the sniper guys 6 months later which coincided with the cities of death release apparently, which is the reason the article with the conversions was featured.

Hope that clears it all up.

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>>54202208
I made a picture holding the phone up, hope this works.

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>>54202311
Nah mang, landscape mode, button to the right. Like you're using a real camera.

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>>54202434
Third time is the charm.

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Just finished this old guy

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Presenting the autistic manlet sniper squad!

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merry weekend for everyone.
finishing my tunneling girls formation one edition too late but no matter because deathspitters are awesome.
im planning on ordering a hierophant and an airbrush after half a bottle of wine, famous last words (moneys).

>>54177415
that might the best girlyman i have seen so far, really good job i like your style.

>>54201134

Nice. Only thing left is to give those eyes a bit more definition (i.e. highlights) and hit the hard edges on that knife with a bright silver to show its use.

not giving the larping faggot and his vagenis any (you)s but that is some next level cancer

>>54201364

GW doesn't sell primer, only spray paint.

>>54203638
better late than never

>>54190724
>>54190757
This looks good, but I highly encourage you to highlight the cape more. Some dark grey on the raises areas will really make it stand out.

Is there any better feeling that gaming and having someone compliment your paint job?

>>54203579
so, are they girls now, or not?

>>54203636
>im new here and dont get the joke so im trying to ruin it for everybody.

>>54203824
i would have to say yes tyranids has a predominantly female player base and i have to deal with it constantly.

gentleman above is good example of the reaction i get when digging my army out and putting it to the table.

i have to humour everyone here because the stigma of playing tyranids as a man and beign called transvestite and whatnot wont go away.

sometimes you just have to learn to laugh at yourself

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>>54203979
>t. average Tyranids player

>>54204076
Is that a penis
That's a penis isn't it

>>54204117
Yeah, I think she has a penis

>>54204117
I think it was their balls actually. Doesn't matter either way because I'd still fuck it

>>54204076
i fear the day my dad finds out i play nids.
be strong our few hive brothers out there.
sry for offtopic false alert, shows over no girls here.

>>54203638
>>54203657
Oh, so I should still spray Chaos Black/Skull white before applying that, correct?

>>54204148
>>54204139
>>54204117

if it's pretty, fuck it

>>54204467
>>54204467

No, none of those are primers. Spray paints are fine over plastic, but they're still not primers (a product that is chemically different).

If you want to buy actual primer for a decent price, go with Duplicolor sandable.

>>54204467
technically but I wouldn't worry about it for plastic.

>>54204568
Oh, so those colours aren't actually made to help paint grip on plastic?

>>54204076
I want to thrust my Thunder Hammer through his Holy Passage.

But as someone who's flgs only has one girl player (Eldar), while all the Nid players fall under the category of fat, anime loving, antisocial sort, where does this "only girls play nids" come from? It would seem like they would gravitate more to Eldar.

>>54204076
>>54204117
>>54204139
>>54204148
>>54204532
>>54204655
Is it not just a puffy vag??

Also to keep on topic how do you paint human skin? GOt Orks down just need the paint schema for humans

>>54204712
>Is it not just a puffy vag??
maybe, but look at his/her/its chin

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>>54204730
I didnt see the chin... fuck

>>54203579
I still think the pink looks flat in many places. Such as on the sides of the trying.
Could be the lighting. Dig the carapace, and don't embrace the shitpost, anon. Your dudes are better than that.

>>54204712
I have another photo of her, and unless she's an incredibly flat female, that's a boy

>>54204781
thanks
agreed it could do with touch of highlighting but the camera also makes it look more flat that it actually is, its like some sort of creamy and blurry filter.

also finished ones have 3 layers of spray mat varnish.

>>54204612

Correct.

>>54205053
So was my redshirt lying to me this whole time?

>>54205135
in fairness I t think the black and white are formulated somewhat differently than the colour sprays.

>>54204612
They have some of the primer properties but aren't a true primer. You can spray em on direct if you want though, lord dunk does.

>>54202998
Cool to see the old Ratlings.

>>54202998
Those look badass, now when do we get Space Dwarves

>>54203617
Will do on both! Can't wait to prepare some more soon as it stops being so god damn hot outside.

>>54201225
I have the same pin vise. It sucks that it doesn't take 2mm drills.

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Caw caw

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Nearing completion - need to paint the base and finish the weapons. Would a blue glow for the haywire weapon look cool or would that be too many colors on one mini?

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So I cut down one of the Nid heads I was given so it's just the carapace. just have everything set with tac, how does it look?

>>54205825
love his hat but the chitin on the shoulder pad doesn't really grab me - it doesn't look awful, but something about either the size (seems just a bit too small) or the repetitiveness of the wing motif pattern meshing too closely with the chitin plates makes it feel a little out of place

>>54205694
WOW, I really like this. your painting is great and really brings a retro feel to the modern sculpt. I think its a combination of your bold layer transitions and the dark outlining a lot of the details have. Really nice!

>>54205890
Idea is he survived the Tyranid invasion of Baal and now gets to carry around the Chapter Banner (Which I plan to have a few nid heads impaled on top). He is wearing a head dress but an anon last night mentioned he could maybe do with a few more nid stuff to decorate him with.

>>54205694
>>54205820
Anyone have the "How to take a picture of your models" guide?

>>54205990
i get the fluff idea, i was speaking purely from a visual standpoint

>>54196829
I'm not a doctor, but don't do it anymore and you should be okay.

>>54206061
Should of also mentioned I am open to ideas with what I can do with the carapace.

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>>54205514
Don't be silly, squats have always exis

>>54203797
Having someone compliment your paintjob and take a picture of it

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>>54205914
thanks!
>>54206030
Yeah, I know that my pictures suck. But then, all I have is a crappy phone camera. Sorry.

>>54197562
what program did you use for this?

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Are these guys hyper rare? I want to cut off the boxes on their waist but I don't want some autist to yell at me that I defiled a rare model or something like that

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>>54206547
those are the lascannon operators

I wouldn't say they're super rare, but honestly I'd probably keep them stock, in case you ever want a triple lascannon heavy weapon squad. You can pass the lascannon battery off as some kind of auxiliary support equipment if you use him as a rifleman in a regular squad.

>>54206547
seems like they'd be really easy to replicate with sprue and plasticard, or a pressmold.

>>54206597
> You can pass the lascannon battery off as some kind of auxiliary support equipment if you use him as a rifleman in a regular squad.
Any ideas what I could pass it off as? I plan on using him in a conscript blob. All I can think of is an obnoxious lunchbox.

>>54206719
ammo bitch for when the conscripts inevitably run out of lasgun juice

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I might as well post this
Got em for 20 bucks, freshly stripped.
My plans are as follows
>2 guys holding the shell, the valhallan loader and the guy to his left are going to be basisilk crewmen
>seargant will be an officer or something
>no idea for the wounded guy
>remaining 10 will be conscripts
I'm the valhallan guy so I'm gonna have to paint them in the blue scheme as shown, they should blend in well, same Lasguns proportions and headstyle as them.
Any ideas on conversion or just paint them as in and run them in the squad?
The 3 heavy bolter ammos dudes I can pass as ammo carriers, crouching guys can be reloading a mag.
>>54206801
That's a really good idea, like a box with Lasgun magazines, thanks for that.

>>54206333
MS paint not shitting you

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*Technoheresy intensifies* Not sure what to do for a torso yet. I've got bits to duplicate this leg assembly with the end goal of two Kastelan robots because I hate the official model and it's price.

>>54207234
Im just at a loss for what to use as a torso. Any ideas?

>>54207313
>>54207234
Are the Kastelan's the chicken walkers? If so you should be ashamed

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>>54207407

>>54204712
>>54204730
>>54204795
source is/was a guy called weeg. SNiff his balz

Back to thread. Working on forest and hills for bolt action. Got myself some off cut 9mm MDF for 50p which was an absolute steal, also got cheap expanding foam for the hills

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>>54204712
>Is it not just a puffy vag??

>>54207429
ahhh, honestly I think just their normal torso with a new head would look dope, and maybe a hand conversion

>>54207531
ayy mayne I seen sum puffers in my day

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>>54185557
Tactical assault popper.

What would be an easy army for a Warhammer newfag to assemble and paint? I already have space marines so something that isn't space marines.

>>54207614
Oi m8 yoo settin' off tactical poppahs in ya flat! Dats free 'undred years 'ard labour ya bahstid! Gawd shave da kween

>>54207566
I've just seen fat dicks and small noodle dicks but I prefer the smaller ones. Also I used to play Space Wolves and IG tank army idk if that counts for anything

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Still working on the nurgle half of dark imperium, wanted to go for a super grungey, pre-heresy colour scheme but I think I over did it on the mud. Going to tone the grunge down just a tad for the rest I think.

>>54207735
What did you do for the rust and the oxidized copper coloring?

>>54206831

Use wounded guy is an objective.

>Saving guardsmen ryan

>>54207798
I used two of the GW technical paints, Nihilakh oxide (or something like that) for the verdigris and Typhus corrosion for the mud. I was originally planning on using some normal rust colour too but decided it would make the model too busy.

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GW sent my Penitent.

Why. Why God? What hath I done to deserve this?!

How the fuck do I assemble it. Oh god this is worse than what you guys let on. Fuck. Help. Please send help.

>>54207921
Oh fuck yes. Doesn't look too bad to assemble. Might need some green stuff though.

>>54207921
learn how to pin, get real strong glue, use small bits of epoxy in the joins as well

that model is horrible

>>54207429
Those look like old-school Dreads.

>>54207921
are you retarded the pentient engine is only a few pieces. try assembling a spartan or something.

>>54207921
this >>54207983
id also recomend cutting hashes into the flat metal were the pieces will be touching, that way the glue has some crevices to hold onto on both sides

>>54207921
Just looking at piles of metal like this is painful. I do not miss this.

>>It was pretty cool to be able to kill someone with a dreadnought in a gym sock though.

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Has anyone ever seen a Slaanesh Daemonette army painted somewhat like pic related?

Yes im trash

>>54208388
Nope but a friend of mine a few years back had an entire Empire army painted up kind of like that to look like ghosts. Shit looked awesome and I'm pretty sure it was fast to do too.

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Working on a Sarge and drummer to add some character to my army.

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This baby is back in stock on GW so I ordered one. How should I go about converting it bros? I'm thinking replacing the legs to make him more up to scale with newer models, and replacing the shoulderpads. Thoughts?

>>54200635
Base is still drying in that WIP. I'll paint teeth and nails after wash is dry.

>>54208822
i like this - what's the in-universe story behind your dudes?

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Remember that fag from a couple threads ago that had shoulder pouches and couldn't paint to save his life? Well he's back, and this time he followed Duncan's tutorial.

So first things first I cut out all the pieces I wanted to use and started de-moldlining them with an xacto-knife. It took me about an hour to do, but part of that had to do with constantly worrying about slicing open my hand. I think I'll go out and buy a hobby knife, because even when I retracted the knife to a "safe" size it was still too big and unwieldy.

Next I primed using Rustoleum's Gray Primer, which went on really thinly I think. I can't actually tell since it looks exactly the same as the figures. I think I'll keep using this paint, but I need to find some black.

Next I got started painting the figure. I shaded with Nuln Oil, highlighted with Enchanted Blue, and washed with Drakenhof Nightshade. I think the highlighter was too blue, so I'll find something more vibrant, and washing with Drakenhof just made things too dark to me, so I won't do that in the future.

The finial picture is just a WIP on the bolter, and the pouches, which I painted Cathian Brown, shaded with Agrax Earthshade, and highlighted with XV-88. I think that turned out extremely well and will do that in the future.

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>>54209302
Pt. 2
I continued on following Duncan's tutorial, and I think I did everything well except for the gold. I think I really overdid it highlighting with the Runefang Silver.

Anyway to end I've got a front and back shot and all the paints I used surrounding the mini.

All in all I'm really pleased with how I did. I think what I need to work on specifically is better brush control when it comes to the highlighting, since that got a little too crazy in places. When I made this model I painted everything all the way and then assembled it. Next time I think I'll do base colors for everything separately, assemble just some of it, highlight and shade, and then assemble the rest. That'll work better I think.

Anyway so /wip/ where do you think I went wrong with this model? Where did I not thin enough? Just how shit are the highlights? Would you consider this acceptable (with some revisions) qualify? Give it to me straight, doc.

>>54208848
model's good stock, no reason to fuck with it

>>54201201
Just causes occasional autistic screeching when placed on the table is all.

>>54209327
Yeah but he'll just look out of place a tad. The shoulder pads are kinda fucky lookin.

>>54201201
>>54209336
Though that is often just when people actually use swastikas on their banners and minis.

>>54209312
this is so much improvement it is actually crazy. you hit the nail on the head, you've got a lot of practicing to do with highlights (like most of us here) but in general your coats are looking thin and even. maybe experiment with one brighter highlight for the blue?

>>54175540
Where does one get Johnny?

>>54209312
took a significant turn for the better.

Painting everything separate, well it can make life easier but only if you actually mount them on something which can also pose its own set of problems. There's no real need to go to this extreme.

The highlights even look ok but you could do an even finer one with a lighter shade, not neccesarily all of them just the most prominent ones. It's not too bad if you already have a guide line there.

>>54209312
also, edge highlighting technique.

easiest way with sharp edges is not to use the actual point but angle the brush at somewhere between 30 or even fully perpendicular and drag it so the side of the brush is catching the edge.

>>54209407
Man it's crazy what some shading and highlighting will do, right?
Also, I'd keep messing with which blue to use, but I'm transitioning to Blood Angels so there's not much of a reason to go buy paints I won't use. Enchanted Blue works well enough when it's between that and more Macragge, but we'll see. Maybe I'll need it for a devastated squad or something.
>>54209573
I think you're right, there's no reason to at least put the torso and legs together. I like painting my parts since it allows me to be really detailed, but then again it's much easier to mess up with painty hands, and highlights are harder to visualize. I'll try a sub-assembly next time will see how it goes.
>>54209641
That's a good idea. I saw Duncan doing something similar but had trouble replicating it. I'll probably get better with practice though.

>>54209260

Planet's rival Noble Houses/Hives organize their contribution to the Imperial Tithe under an independent House Militant, to keep any one of them from turning it against the others. Their donations keep a lot of House Specific heraldry out of pride/rivalry.

I really suck at painting. So I started a Black Consul space marine army. I have the rims of my shoulder pads all nice and gold. Proud of myself. I painted on straight lines!

Its time to highlight. I have a medium grey and black. Should I highlight with the grey or mix in a little black?


I have no idea how I am going to paint my Roboute with this level of incompetence..

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>>54209414
>Where does one get Johnny?

Your best bet is eBay. I was going to link you to a UK seller that had one in his multi-listing, but it seems he either sold it (for about $30US, which was a bit rich for my pocketbook!), or decided to hold onto it since it is fairly difficult to find. That was last week or so... when I see them, I usually post a link here on /wip/ just in case somebody is interested.

I typically use this string to search:

(oop,"rouge trader","rogue trader",metal,vintage) ("space marines","space marine","blood angels","blood angel","space mariens","blood angles") -chaos -epic -atax -kenner -ccg -maelstrom -cryomek -grendel -void -vasa -dirtside

... and add a limiter for either the United Kingdom or the United States as the country.

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>>54209312
>>54209302
This is such an improvement, bro! Keep practicing and you're gonna do just fine.

I gave you a somewhat snarky list of things before. Here's some new ones with less snark.

Citadel's only tool worth considering a purchase of is their scraper. It's fantastic for getting off moldlines without damaging the model (or yourself).

I think the lighting of your photo area is adding the illusion of thickness to some of your paint - the armor is looking real nice - your boltgun looks a bit off to me, I'm not sure what it is. It might just be that it needs another thin coat of silver to properly layer over primer so it can get a smoother finish, or maybe it was just the way the primer dried on it initially. Remember not to spray from too far away or the spray will dry on the way and you'll get a weird, rough texture on the model that you didn't want.

painting in pieces is a great way to make things easier for yourself and a hard thing for many people to make themselves do. Most people want to glue everything up immediately and screw themselves over. On the other hand, it's gonna slow you down a lot if you did this for every guy. On marines I highly recommend gluing down everything but the gun or the gun and arm attached to it if the model holds the weapon across the chest. everything else should be easy to reach with your brush. (although it can be nice to do stuff like grenades all at once by spraying them silver and washing them, but you get what I'm saying).

Another anon mentioned using the side of your brush if possible for your edge highlights. Best advice. Make sure your paint is thin enough that it applies smoothly as you take the brush across the edge, but not so thin that it runs or pools up.

All paints have a specific nature to them - highly encourage just experimenting with how they change when you mix more or less water on your pallet. Keep it up!

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I don't wanna be a shill, but I'm giving away one of the new Easy to Build kits (winner's choice).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNA7TsxvlSI

>>54210309
I subscribed. I'm that faggot who made this video forever ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7AC5M7F4ys

Golly I love contests

>>54208848
Ive thought off messing about with the gun seeing how it looks ugly AF to me

I traded the chaos from my dark vengeance set with my friend for the primaris stuff with the intention of us both getting something useable. I was just going to paint the primaris the usual DA scheme but should I go for a successor chapter? How stupid would it look beside the usual DA green forces? I figured they're already special flakey enough

>>54210309
Never win anything ever, so hopes are deleted already.

That said, your voice and audio is good. Will look forward to hearing more. You should see about getting some graphical elements going perhaps... rather than a static image, try a slow zoom. IE: Start at 100% and zoom to a 70% or so by end of a video. Gives some movement for the eye.

t. media fag

So there I was on my couch separating Nurgle marines and pox walkers from spruce, and a wasp came in and landed on my bits.

The thought struck of painting them pale yellow and black/brown.

How the hell do I do this without it looking tacky?